AYUSH Ministry gives recognition to AAYU gets under Start-up India ‘Digital Yoga program’

AAYU, an AI-driven health and wellness app has been recently recognised by the Ministry of Ayush for the ‘Start-up’ India program under the category of ‘Yoga in the Digital Era’ which is a part of the government’s ‘Digital India’ vision. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated this program at the ‘Digital Yoga Exhibition’ held at Mysuru on the International Day of Yoga. At the event, the PM acknowledged the AAYU app, its offerings and the national initiative being carried out to make India disease-free.

Prime Minister Modi also talked about the startup yoga challenge initiated by the Ministry of Ayush and emphasized the contribution of the youth and the startups in bringing about innovation and new ideas in the field of Yoga.

AAYU, which gained the attention of the PM at the event, claims to offer therapeutic health solutions to lifestyle diseases using natural, sustainable and traditional methods of yoga and meditation. The app was launched at S-VYASA University in Bengaluru by the Hon’ble CM of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai.

RESET TECH, the makers of AAYU collaborated with S-VYASA, a yoga university to recently launch the ‘Rog Mukt Bharat’- ‘Disease-Free India’ movement with an aim to heal people from chronic diseases and lifestyle disorders. This movement was launched by the Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot.

“We are elated to get support from the Ministry of Ayush which will enable us to free Indians of chronic and lifestyle diseases and hope to make India a healthier nation. AAYU’s mission is to offer therapeutic health solutions using digital modes of yoga and meditation. We are glad to be able to work with and support the government of India given our vision of Rog Mukt Bharat,” Abidali Dantrelia, CEO, of RESET TECH said in a statement.

“The government of India’s recent path-breaking initiatives and attention towards the revival of yoga has motivated us to launch a nationwide movement that aims to bring lifestyle transformation through yoga among the people. We want to use the power of technological innovation to solve real-world health problems and in turn, create a high growth trajectory in the health-tech ecosystem. We would like to bring yoga into the digital era, through our AI-driven platform and take the healing powers of yoga to the world,” Vamsi Krishna Talasila, Co-Founder and CTO, RESET TECH stated.

“The Disease-Free India movement aims to reach and impact over 5 million chronic disease patients within a span of 5 years through the app. It will effectively provide users with personalized wellness solutions and offer doctor consultations based on an individual’s personal history and monitor their progress enabling them to accelerate their healing and recovery. The movement kicked off the initial leg with the Swastha Shakti Program which will host wellbeing activities, holistic offerings, and masterclasses for people to access freely,” it stated.

AAYU uses Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and advanced analytics as the building blocks of its tech architecture. The app has been designed by doctors from S-VYASA University and the knowledge and information therein are based on research from over 750 medical papers, the makers claim.